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J. H. MGELRY.

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.13, 1897.

Patented July 8, 1913.

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VOTING MACHINE.

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Patented July 8, 1913.

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JOHN HOVVRI) IVICELROY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EMPIRE VOTINGMACHINE COMPANY, 0F JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Application led October 13, 1897.

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Be it known that I, Jol-IN HOWARD iIcELuor, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVot-ing-ltfachines, of which` the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in voting machines, namely,mainly to that class in which a` register or other ballot indicatingdevice is employed for each candidate, and in which the registers aregrouped according to oiices and according' to parties and in which meansare provided for casting what is known as a straight ticket by providingmeans for actuating all the registers devoted to the candidates of anyparticular party at one operation. In devices of this class, asheretofore patented, when it is desired to vote a mixed ticket, it isnecessary to actuate each register separately, as there are no meansprovided whereby a candidate register can be operated bcfore or afterthe operation of the straight ticket mechanism. In my improved construction, it is possible to vote a mix-ed ticket in either of the threeways provided for by t-he statutes of the Australian ballot in the Stateof Illinois: (1st.) By marking each candidate, and in my machine thisresult is effected by pressing' in the key devoted to each candidate.(2nd.) By first marking1 the names of the candidates for the offices inwhich the regular ticket is to be scratched, and in then voting' thestraight ticket, which in my machine is performed by operating theregisters separately for the candidates outside of the regular party,and by subsequently operating' all the remaining registers of theregular party simultaneously. (3rd.) Byfirst voting the straight ticket,and then scratching' certain candidates thereon by voting' forcandidates for the same office in other parties, which is performed inmy machine by sii'luiltaneously operating all the registers for theregular party ticket, and by subseflluently operating the registersdevoted to candidates outside of the regular party, the operation ofwhich registers destroys or cancels the actuation of the registers forthe candidates for the same office which have been operated in castingthe Specification of Letters Patent.

straight ticket. By my improved construction I am enabled to vote a.mixed ticket l Serial No. 655,060.

much more rapidly than by any other means hitherto employed, andfurthermore, to comply with the present regulatio-ns relative to themethod of voting such a ticket.

My invention further relates to an improvement in voting machines inwhich certain series of registers are arranged in such relation toanother series of registers that the operation of one of said firstmentioned series of registers is necessary before any of said secondseries can be operated. This construction is employed in order to insurea full vote being cast upon proposed constitutional amendments, etc.,which often fail of passage, owing to the fact that the necessarymajority do not vote for them, although there is no opposition to theirpassage. By thus associating the constitutional amendment register inrelation to the registers for some political oflice, concerning whichthere is much interest manifested, the voters are compelled to registertheir Wishes in regard to the proposed amendment before they can votefor the political office in which they are always interested.

My invention further provides for an improved construction in which,when a chairman or presiding,l oflicer of a series of officials is votedfor, the voting for said person as a candidate for the chairman of thebody will necessitate a vote being cast for him at the same time as amember of that body. rIhis construction becomes important in what areknown as mult-icandidate groups, as the law provides that a certainnumber of candidates shall be voted for, and if more than the requirednumber is voted for, the entire individual ballot in this respect isthrown out as irregular, and it frequently happens that a voter willvote for one man as chairman, and also vote for the required number ofother men without voting for the man previously voted for as chairman,thus necessitating the throwing out of the ballot in regard to theseoilices.

My invention further relates to a series of registers grouped forinulticandidate purposes according to offices and to parties, and soarranged that where a mixed ticket is voted, but one register can beactuated at a time, but that where the straight ticket is being' votedfor, the number of candidates provided for by said straight ticket canbe voted for simultaneously.

My invention further relates to a multi- Patented July 8, 1913.

candidate device in which a locking mechanism is employed which isbrought into operation when a certain number of candidates have beenvoted for by one individual so as to lock the machine and prevent himfrom voting for more candidates than he is entitled to. As these deviceshave been hitherto constructed, it has been necessary to provide meansfor preventing the simultaneous operation of two or more keys be- ,causethe simultaneous actuation of said multicandidate device by two or morekeys would only operate the multicandidate device once, thus permittingthe voter to beat 7 the machine by pressing in two keys simultaneously.ln my improved construction if two or more keys are pressed insimultaneously, the multicandidate locking device will be operated twoor more times, according to the number of keys pressed, and in thismanner it becomes possible to construct a machine without employing thedevices to prevent the simultaneous operation of the keys as statedabove.

My invention is finally concerned with various combinations of element-sadapted to carry out the various functions of the machine, all of whichwill b-e described in detail, and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a set of drawings in whichthe same letters of reference are employed to designate identical partsin all the iigures of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of thecomplete machine. Figs. 2 and 3 are right hand and left hand sideelevations respectively. Fig. et is an elevation of the machine insection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 6. Fig. 5 is a similar view on the line5 5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a plan view in section on the line 6 6 ofFig. 1. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is aside elevation in section on the line 8 8 of Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a sideelevation in section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is an elevationof one of the registers in section on the line 10 1O of Fig. 11. Fig. 11is a plan view of one of the registers in section on the line 11 11 ofFig. 10. Fig. 12 is a rear elevation of one of the registers with aportion of the casing broken away. Fig. 13 is a central sectional viewof one of the upper feed rollers of an irregular ballot-ing mechanism.Fig. 14 is a sectional view in two dilferent positions of the sameroller on the line 11t 1t of Fig. 15. Fig. 15 is an elevation of one ofthe said rollers. Fig. 16 is a central sectional view of one of theoperating keys. Fig. 17 is an elevation of the same key. Fig. 1S is anextended plan view of the cylindrical surface of one of the keys, thedotted line showing the said surface in two other positions. Fig. 19 isa detail view of a. portion of the re-set-ting mechanism. Fig.

20 is a perspective view of the frame for holding certain interlockingblocks. Fig. 21 is a perspective view, o-n an enlarged. scale, of aportion of the multicandidate mechanism. Fig. 2Q is an enlargedperspective view of one of the keys, showing the operation of are-set-ting arm. Fig. 23 is a perspective view of one of the keys andthe cooperating portion of the straightticket mechanism. Fig. Q4 is asimilar view, but showing the key in its operative position; and Fig. 25is a perspective view of a portion of the irregular balloting mechanism.

In the drawings, A represents t-he front of the casing or face plate forthe machine, which l intend or prefer to place in a partition of abooth, so that the voter entering the booth will have access to only oneside of the machine, that in which the keys and ballot are located,while the other side of the machine will be accessible to the electionoliicials, by whom l preferably arrange that the machine shall be re-setfor each voter, although l might make said re-setting action automaticby reason of connecting it with the door of the booth, as is frequentlydone. Mounted in the front wall or face plate, A, of the casing is theselecting or voting mechanism, consisting of a series of projecting keysor ballot indicators, B, which, as will be seen in Fig. 1, may bearranged in vertical columns according to the parties, and in cross rowsaccording to the offices. These keys are manipulated for voting purposesby pressing them in until their ends are flush with the casing, A, andthey may be operated singly, if desired, or by parties, by operating thestraight ticket levers, C,

to be subsequently more fully described,

which project through the slots, D, in the casing, one of these leversand slots being provided for each party.

At a suitable distance in the rear of the front plate, A, and parallelthereto, is a partition, E, which is connected to the front plate by thetop piece, F, the bottom piece, G, and the end pieces, H and el, (theother end-piece J being omitted in Fig. Z to show the parts beyond it)of the stationary portion vof the casing. These plates, A and E, furnishthe supports for the keys, B, which preferably slide in aperturestherein. The ordinary keys, B, best shown in Figs. 16 to 18 and 22 to24, consist of the square body portion which has its bearing in itsaperture in the front plate, A, and the rotating portion whichpreferably takes the form of a cylindrical sleeve, K, which in that caseis mounted upon the reduced end L of the key, which in that case has asolid circular cross section, and which may be conveniently formed of ascrew, having the head, M, and which is screwed into the main bodyportion of the key, B, as clearly shown in Fig. 16.

The cylindrical sleeve of the key is mounted in the circular aperture inthe partition, E, which aperture has mounted just above it a plate, il,fastened thereto, which has a spur, O, projecting downward into agroove, P, formed in the outer surface of the sleeve K, and of the shapeshown in Figs. 17 and 1S. By referring to the i'igures it Will bereadily seen that when the key is in the position of Figs. 16 and 17 and2Q and 23, and with the sleeve in the position shown in full lines inFig. 18, that if the key be pushed inward, the lug, O, taking againstthe curved portion of the groove, P, will rotate the sleeve, K, duringthe inward motion of the key to the extent of 900, and that the sleevewill assume the position shown in the right hand dotted line position ofFig. 1S and in Fig. 2li, with the lug, O, in the extreme end of thecurved portion of the groove, P. A small stationary pulley wheel, Q, ismounted beneath the key in the frame work, R, fastened to said key asshown, and a stout cord or cable, S, is passed over all of thesepulleys, Q, in any horizontal row of keys being fastened at its ends tothe posts, T, and passing through stationary pulleys, U, interposedbetween the keys and fastened to the rear of the plate, A, as best shownin Figs. 4, 6, and 7. These cables, S, are preferably made of tinetwisted wire, so as to make them flexible and yet unyielding, and havejust sutlicient slack to permit one key to be pushed in to its innermostposition, so that if one key be already pushed in and another key bepushed in, the pressing in of the second key will withdraw the iirstkey. This constitutes interlocking or key-stop mechanism for singlecandidate groups. Each of the sleeves, K, has on its end a radiallyextending arm, V, which has rigidly fastened thereto an eccentricportion preferably taking the form of a small rod, lV, which is parallelto the main body of the key, but located at some distance therefrom, asshown in Figs. 6 and 7. These rods, W, terminate in a square end, X, fora purpose to be subsequently described. Loosely mounted on these rods,W, is a link, Y, for each horizontal row, the link consisting of aslender body portion enlarged at each key and furnished with an apertureat 4each enlargement through which the rod, 1V, passes. I have shownthese links or rods as continuous but it will be understood that theymay be made up of separate portions connected by links. From aconsideration of the operation of the sleeves, K, and the links, Y, itwill be seen that whenever a key is pressed in, that the turning of itssleeve portion, K, to the left through an angle of 90 will, owing to therod, lV, passing through the link, turn all of the sleeve portion, K, ofthe other keys in the same horizontal row. In this movement of thesleeve portion of the unmoved keys, the portions, Z, of the groove inthe sleeve will pass by the lug, 0, and the sleeve portion of theunoperated keys will assume the position shown in the left hand dottedline portion of Fig. 18 and in dotted lines in Fig. 23. In case any keyhas been pushed in, and another key in the same row is subsequentlypushed in so that the first key is retracted by reason of the action ofthe cable, S, the sleeve portion of the retracted key will pass from theright hand dotted line position of Fig. 18 to the left hand dotted lineposition of the same ligure and the entire key from the full line to thedotted-line position of Fig. 24, the straight portion, le of the groovein the sleeve passing by the lug, O.

ln the uppermost part of the machine l have shown two sets of keys, B,which are devoted to yes and no propositions, such as a proposedamendment to the constitution, or any other question that is to besubmitted to the people for the vote. These questions are ordinarilyvoted on at a general election and it frequently happens when the voterhas a large ticket to mark or vote, that he overlooks the proposedamendment, and it fails of passage because it does not obtain a majorityof all the votes cast, although practically nobody votes against it. Itfrequently happens that amendments which are very much desired areoverlooked for this reason and I have arranged the keys for theseamendments in proximity to the most important oflice to be voted for,which in a presidential election would be the presidential electors, sothat the voter is compelled to indicate his choice in the matter of theproposed amendment before he can vote for the principal otlice to befilled. To effect this result, l form upon the end of the sleeve, K, adownwardly projecting arm, B, whose downward end, in the unoperatedposition of the key, rests upon the arm portion, V, of the key directlybelow it, so as to prevent the turn of said arm portion, andconsequently the voting of the key. This construction is best shown inFig. 5, where I have arranged the arms B, of the upper pair of amendmentkeys to rest upon the arm portions, V, of the lower pair of amendmentkeys, whose arm portions, B, in turn rest upon the arms, V, of thegovernor candidate keys, B, directly below them. ln all the iigures Ihave shown the yes key of the upper amendment row pushed in so as toshow the position of the key when it is operated. Of course it will beunderstood that if it is deemed desirable to permit the voter to votewithout registering his choice upon the constitutional amendment, orother question, that a dummy key could be placed in the same line as theyes and no keys, so that the voter could release the governor keyswithout having to register his vote upon the constitutional amendment.This arrangement would be as satisfactory as the employment of simplythe yes and no keys, as it would call the attention of the voter to thenecessity of operating one of the three keys, and if he had any choicein the matter of t-he constitutional amendment he could vote for oragainst it as readily as he could operate the dummy key, so that thepurpose of the construction will be fully subserved.

For operating the keys of the ordinary candidate registers, where butone of a number of candidates is to be elected, the constructionhitherto described is suflicient, but in case several candidates for thesame oflice are to be elected, what is known as the multicandidate groupbecomes necessary. ln the drawings, l have shown the three trustees asgrouped for multicandidate purposes. It will be understood that it isnecessary that the voter shall be able to vote for any three of thefifteen candidates presented, irrespective of their parties orlocations, and for this purpose, the ordinary interlocking mechanism cannot well be adapted, so l employ the especial form to be now discussed.For the multicandidate group, l do away with the cables, S, but l couplethe bars, Y, by means of the cross bar, C', shown in Fig. 5, so thatwhen any key of the entire multicandidate group is operated, thesleeves, K, of all of said group will be turned to prevent the operationof the straight ticket device in the manner to be subsequentlydescribed. As it may be desired to vote for three candidates from threedifferent parties, in which case all of the registers might be in thesame horizontal line, it becomes necessary to provide means whereby akey in any horizontal line may be operated, and then another key in thesame line subsequently operated and still another key in the same linesubsequently operated thus providing what may be called a consecutivekey-lock.

Upon the upper surface of the multicandidate keys, place the beveledblocks, D', the shape of which is best shown in Figs. 7, 9 and 2l. Theseblocks, D', cooperate with the sliding interlocking blocks, E', whichare mounted in bearings, ll', which will be subsequently described morein detail. Coiled expansion springs, G', are interposed between thesebearings, F', and the blocks, E', so as to normally hold them to theright with their ends abutting against the adj oining block. ll. hen akey is pressed in, the beveled portion, D', forces all the blocks to theleft of the key to the left by means of its beveled surface cooperating`with the beveled end of the block, E', but as soon as the key is pushedin fully, the beveled portion, D', passes the blocks, E', and they ilyback to the right, under stress of the springs, G', and lock t-heoperated key in its innermost position.

lt will further be seen that if an attempt should be made to operate twokeys simultaneously the intervening blocks, E', would be prevented frommovement and neither key could be operated. As soon as one key has beenoperated, another key can be operated, inasmuch as the blocks, E', areagain in a position to be moved to the left. rl`he extreme blocks, E',to the left are held in their position to the y right by the leafsprings, H', best shown in Fig. 4, which take against pins, J', in therear side of the block. Each block E' has pivotally mounted at its end adog, K', which is yieldingly held to its work by the leaf spring, L',fastened to the outer face of the block and whose free end takes againstthe dog, K' as best seen in Fig. 21. Each of these dogs K', coperatcswith a ratchet wheel, M', so as to advance said ratchet 3,

wheel one tooth at each operation of the blocks, E'. From thisconstruction, it will be seen that every time a multicandidate key ispressed in, one of the ratchet wheels, M',

will be moved forward one tooth. 9.

l'nasmuch as with the construction hitherto described it. might bepossible to press in two multicandidates keys simultaneously indifferent horizontal rows, it becomes necessary to make some provisionfor causing the o novement of each of these ratchet wheels, M', to beregistered upon the multicandidate lockingdevice, no matter whether saidratchet wheels are actuated separately or together. struction shown inFigs. l, 5, 6, 7 and 21, which is mounted in what may be termed theadditional casing, N'. These ratchet wheels, M', each have a sleeve, G',to which it is rigidly attached, and each sleeve has 1 upon its otherend a beveled gear wheel, P'. The sleeves, 0', are supported inbrackets, Q3', and the inner sleeve, O', which is attac-hed to theuppermost wheel, M', is

mounted u )on a rod or shaft R' carried b l the eXtreme brackets, Q'.rlhe beveled gear wheel, 1)', corresponding to the uppermost wheel, M',is lowermost, and the sleeve, corresponding to the middle wheel, M',surrounds the innermost sleeve, O'. larly the outermost sleeve, O',surrounds the middle sleeve, O', and has attached to it the lowermostwheel, M', and the uppermost beveled gear wheel, P'. Between the twolower gear wheels, P', is mounted upon elongated bearings anotherbeveledgear wheel, S', which carries a small beveled gear wheel, T',eccentrically mounted therein at right angles to the aXis of the wheel,S', and meshing with the two lower beveled gear wheels, P. A similarwheel, S', is mounted between the uppermost wheel, P', and a fixedbeveled gear plate U', which becomes necessary on account of the unevennumber of wheels, M', that are employed. The beveled l For this purposeI employ the con- 1 Simil gear wheels, S', mesh with a beveled gearwheel, V similar to the wheel, T', and mounted in a disk, lV', which isjournaled upon the inner sleeve, A spiral spring, X', is fastened at oneend to the casing, i `and at the other end to the disk, lV', whichittends to turn from the right over to the left. A fixed pin, Y'projecting upward from the surface, lV", and an adjustable pin, A2, alsoprojecting upward from said disk, cooperate with a stop lug, B2,fastened to the casing, N', and projecting into the path of these pins.A series of detent pawls, C2, pivoted to the under side of brackets, D2,as best seen in Figs. G and 2l, cooperate with the teeth of the ratchetwheels, M', to hold them in whatever position they may be advanced to bythe action of the pawls, K'.' A series of pins, E2, one projectingupward from the surface of each of the Wheels, M', cooperate with aseries of stop pieces, E 2, fastened to the upper surfaces of thecentral brackets, Q'.

The operation of the mechanism just described is as follows: At thebeginning of the balloting, the detent pawls, C2, will have previouslybeen momentarily released from the ratchet wheels, M', and the force ofthe spring, X', will have been exerted to throw the ratchet wheels, M",into the position shown in l? ig. 5, with the pins E2, resting againstthc stop pieces, F 2. Tnasmuch as the beveled gear wheels, P', arerigidly connected to the ratchet wheels, M', the spring, X', actingthrough the train of gearing, V', S', T', etc., will cause this movementto the normal position, and in this normal position, further movement ofthe disk, lV', is prevented by reason of the pin, Y', taking` againstthe stop lug, B2. lf now any multicandidate key be pushed in, themovement of the blocks, E', to the left thereof by said key will causethe dog, K', in that horizontal row to move the ratchet wheel, M',corresponding thereto, forward one tooth, where it will be caught by itsdog, C2, and retained. The movement of the ratchet wheel, lift', carrieswith it its beveled gear wheel, l2', and that by means of the beveledgear wheels, T', S', and V', serves to advance the disk, lV', from theleft over to the right a certain space, or what may be called a unitdistance. The locking blocks, E', prevent the simultaneous actuation oftwo keys in the same horizontal row, but if two keys are actuatedsimultaneously in different horizontal rows, the action of these keysupon their ratchet wheels, M', will take place just the same as if theyhad been actuated separately, and when the requisite number of keys havebeen pressed in, in this instance three, the disk, W', will have beenadvanced from the left over to the right far enough to bring the pin,A2, in contact with the lug, B2, so as to prevent any further operationof the device. lVhen the device has been operated up to its limit, if akey be pressed in subsequently, in forcing the blocks, E', to the left,the dog, K', will be jammed into the teeth of the wheel, M', and acomplete movement of the key will be prevented.

under some circumstances, it will be desirable to prevent thesimultaneous 0peration of the two multicandidate keys in differenthorizontal rows, T may provide a frame, G2, shown in perspective in Fig.20, and which consists of the horizontal cross pieces, H2, connected bythe vertical cross pieces, J 2, held in position by reason of the endsof the cross pieces, H2, taking into slots in the rear side of thecasing, N', and into slots formed in the front side of said casing, andin the piece, Y2, which is placed upon the rear of the front side ofsaid casing in order to make deeper slots possible. A coiled spring, L2,fastened to the cross piece, J2, and to the front of the casing, N',serves to hold the frame, G2, in a forward posit-ion. Centrally locatedin the cross pieces, H2, are the lower solid bearing pieces, M2, and thecentral hollow bearing pieces, N2, and the topmost hollow bearing piece,O2, which is elongated and closed at the top so that a spring, P2 (seeFig. 4), may be interposed between the top of the piece, 02, and thetopmost interlocking block, Q2, vhich blocks are placed in said bearingsin the manner shown. These interlocking blocks, Q2, are similar to theinterlocking blocks, E' only they are placed vertically instead of hori-Zontally, and they are separated by the bevele-d ends, R2, of theblocks, E', at the extreme left. It will be seen that by the employment.of this frame, G2, and the interlocking' blocks, Q12, I am ena-bled toprevent the simultaneous depression of two or more keys in differenthorizontal rows, if for any reason it is desired to construct themachine in this manner.

The straight ticket levers, C, project outwardly through the slots, D,and are secured at their inner ends to the vertically disposed rockshafts, R2, which are mounted in bearings in the top and bottom of thecasing. Each rock shaft, R2, has a series of arms, S2, of a somewhatpeculiar shape, as shown in Figs. 5, G, 7, 9, 23 and 24. These arms, S2,have their broadened ends formed in a curved flange, T2, whose lowerend, in its normal position, rests just back of the outer end of thearm, V. l/Vhen any of the rock shafts, R2, are swung on their pivots,the arms, S2, move rearwardly and the curved flanges, T2, force thesleeves, K,

inwardly, carrying therewith the keys, 13,4'

and the inward movement of the sleeve, K, cooperating with the lug, O,causes these sleeves to rotate in the customary manner. The flange, T2,is sutliciently curved so that as the arm, V, turns upward, this flangefollows it, still preserving its bearing against it, and when the flangereaches its innermost position, the sleeve, K, and the key, B, have beencarried in their complete distance, and the arm, V, is contacted with bythe extreme upper portion of the flange, T2, which then restssubstantially over the axis of the key. lf desired, l may employ springsto return the rock shafts, R2, to their normal position, instead ofdepending upon the voter to do so. lt will be readily seen that theoperation of any straight ticket key will move in all the keys of thatparty unless the candidate from some other party has been previouslyvoted for for any particular oilice, in which case, the arm, V, of thatparticular partys candidates key for that ofice will have been swungupward and out of the path of the arm, S2, through the action of thelink Y, so that that particular candidate is not voted for by actuationof his partys straight ticket device. Moreover if the straight ticketdevice has been operated before any other candidates have been voted forand it is desired to scratch any particular candidate, it will readilybe seen that the pressing in of the candidates key will (through theaction of the rope S) throw out the key for the candidate for the sameoiiice that has been operated by the straight ticket voting, except inthe multi-candidate group.v

ln case l employ the supplemental interlocking frame, shown in Fig. 20,it becomes necessary to move said frame out of operation beforeactuating the straight ticket mechanism, otherwise the outer blocks, E,would catch the locking blocks, Q32, and prevent the operation of thedevice by amming. To obviate this ditliculty, l provide the arms, U2,(see Figs. 4, 5 and 7) on each of the rock shafts, R2, the ends of whicharms project through the horizontal slots, V2, in the partition, F, andtake against the vertical pins, W72, which project upward from thesliding bar, X2, which is suitably mounted in bearings, Y2, on the frontof the partition, E, and terminates in a beveled end, Z2, (see Fig. 6)inside of the casing, N. As any of the straight ticket levers areoperated, it will be seen that the sliding bar, X2, will be moved to theleft, and its beveled end, Z2, taking against the rear vertical crosspiece, J2,- will carry the frame, G2, to the rear so as to move thelocking blocks, Q2, out of the path of the end blocks, E. rlhis movementof the frame, G2, of course takes 1place at the beginning of theoperation of the straight ticket levers, and before the interlockingblocks, Q2, are reached by the end blocks, E. A spring, A3, is fastenedto the sliding bar, X2, and to the casing, E, to hold said bar normallyto the right.

The registers, see Figs. lO to 12, consist of the small rectangularcasings, B3, which have the shafts, C3, journaled in the front and rearwalls of the casings. These shafts carry, rigidly fastened thereon, theten toothed disks, D3, and the indicating disks,

E3, which are marked with the digits fromA one to nine and zero in thecustomary manner. rlhe disks, D3, are placed in different planes, andthe units and tens disks are provided with lugs, F3, which project intothe plane of the teeth of the tens and hundreds disks, respectively, andcarry the tens and hundreds in the customary manner.

stepped plate, G3, is placed across the casing, and forms an additionalbearing for the shafts, C2, and also serves to hold the curved platefriction springs, H3, against the disks, D2', so as to prevent anyaccidental movement thereof. @ne of the numerals from each disk showsthrough the apertures, J3, in the rear wall of the casing, B3. rlhedisk, D3, of the units wheel has a portion thereof projecting outthrough a slot, K2, in the end of the casing, and one of the teeth ofthe disk, D2, arojects out far enough to strike the rectangular head, X,in the manner subsequently referred to. A small curved leaf spring, L2,cooperates with the teeth of the units disk, D3, to position it, andSimilar springs are preferably employed in connection with the tens andhundreds disks, D2. rlhese registers are fastened, as shown in Figs. 5,6, and 7, to the inner side of the movable back, lv 2, of the casing,and are retained in position and spaced apart by the vertical strips,N3, and the horizontal strips, O3, the back plate of the casing and thestrips forming a movable frame carrying the registers. These strips donot eX- tend out the entire depth of the register casing, andconsequently the strips and the register casings together form a seriesof vertical and horizontal channels and the teeth of the units disk, D3,project into the vertical channels. rlhe movable casing has fastened toits back piece, lt/Fgthelside pieces, F2 and Q3, on the left and righthand ends, respectively, and the movable casing is connected to theiixedcasing by the four pairs cf pivoted links, R3, best shown in Figs.2 and 3, which links are, as will be seen, fastened to the fixed andmovable casings, respectively. The side pieces, P3 and Q3, have arrangedtherein, the L-shaped slots, S3, into which pass the friction rollers,T2, mounted upon the partition, E, at the right hand end and upon theright hand wall of the supplemental casing, N, at the other end. rlhesefriction rollers, T3, cooperating with the slots, S3, serve as a guideto the movement of the movable portion of the casing in the operation ofthe machine. A handle, U2, is fastened to the rear wall, M3, of themovable casing and after the voter has manipulated the keys and left thebooth, the proper otlicial operates the movable casing by means of thishandle. From the shape of the slots, S, it will be seen that the firstmovement is upward for a distance of about one half an inch, and thenforward for a distance of about an inch, which completes the positivemovement, when the reverse movement of an inch to the rear and a half aninch downward will take place. During this movement, the rectangularheads, X, of the arms, IV, of any keys that may have been pushed in, arecontacted with by the projecting teeth on the disks, D3, so as to movesaid disks a space of one tooth and thus register one vote upon eachregister for which the key has been pushed in. This registration takesplace during the upward movement, the head X before the movementoccupying the relative position shown in dotted lines, and at the end ofthe movement, the position shown in full lines in Fig. l0, so that theregistration is completed at that time and the rest of the movement canbe devoted to re-setting the machine. This re-setting action takes placeas follows: During the positive movement forward, the rectangular head,X, of the keys that have been moved to operative position being incontact with the vertical strips, N3, the keys are pushed directlybackward, the grooves, Af, in the sleeve, K, passing by the lug, O. Theclose of the positive movement of the re-setting mechanism, therefore,leaves the keys, that have been operated, pushed in, but with theirsleeves turned to the operated position. In order to move these sleevesto their unoperated position, I provide the following' mechanism bestshown in Figs. G, 7, 19 and 22 to 24: Mounted on each of the keys in theleft hand vertical column just to the rear of the partition, E, is asleeve, V3, which has an arm, lV, projecting downwardly to the left atan angle of 450. Each of these arms, IVS, is pivotally connected to thevertical bar, X3, and each sleeve has a pin, YS, projecting into theplane of the arm, V, when the key is in its unoperated position, and solocated that when the key is unoperated, but with the sleeve K turned asit is before the resetting is completed, the arm, V, will rest againstthis Jin, YS, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 24, so t at when the bar,X3, is raised upward and the sleeves, V3, thereby rocked through anangle of 900, the pins, YE, will move all the sleeves, K, of this row totheir normal position, and the necessary movement of the links, Y, willthus move the sleeves, K, of the keys all over the machine to theirnormal position. This upward movement of the bar, X3, takes placeduringI t-he rearward movement of the movable casing, and is effected bymeans of the pivoted arm, Z3, see Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 19, which movablearm Z3, is pivoted to the inside of the wall, P3, and rests upon a lug,

A4, and cooperates wit-h the friction roller, B4, which is mounted on anarm, C4, projecting from the lower rear end of the bar, X3. The relativeposition and operation of these parts is illustrated in Fig. 19, wherethe normal position of the parts is shown in full lines, while theposition at the end of the upward movement is shown in dotted lines,from which it will be observed that during the forward movement, theroller, B4, is stationary, and the arm, Z3, trips over it. At the end ofthe forward movement and when the arm returns, it will be seen that theupper surface of this arm will then take against the roller, B4, andacting thereon as a cam will raise the roller and the bar, X3, to theposition shown in dotted lines, and then allow it to fall back to itsnormal position. During this re-setting operation, some effect mustnecessarily be produced upon the multicandidate mechanism. In the firstplace, the pawls, C2, which are normally held in contact with theratchet wheels, M, b v the leaf springs, D4, (shown in dotted lines in F6) must be released from the ratchet wheels, M', in order to allow themulticandidate stop mechanism to return to initial position so as to setitself for another operation, and this I effect by having the lugs, E4,on the forward end of the side, P3, to take into the apertures, F4, inthe left hand end of the partition, E, and into which apertures the endsof the dogs, C2, enter. The position of the lugs 154 at the instant ofreleasing the dogs C2 is indicated in Fig. 2l in dotted lines. Moreover,in this re-setting operation, it is necessary to release themulticandidate keys from their operative position in which they aredetained by the blocks, E, and to effect this, I provide means formoving the blocks, E, and their supports, F, upward with the upwardmovement of the movable casing. To accomplish this result, I fasten t-heSupports, F, which are preferably formed in the shape shown in Fig. 9,by being bent up from metallic straps, upon the rods, G4, which aresupported by the rear plate, M3, and guided by the partition, E. Theserods, G4, have pins, H4, passing therethrough on either sid-e of thepartition, E, so as to prevent any forward movement of the rod, G4,while permitting their limited upward and downward movement by reason ofthe vertical slots, J 4, best shown in Fig. 4, in the partition, E.These rods pass freely through apertures in the rear casing, M3, whichpermit of their longitudinal movement through said casing. IVhen thecasing is moved, the first movement is to lift up the rods, G4, and thiscarries the holders, F, and the blocks, E, up out ofthe path of theblocks, D", and they remain up during the forward and backward movementof the casing, only `returning into their normal position at the finaldownward movement of the casing after everything has been re-set. Therods, G4, carrying the blocks, E, to the extreme left, are shapedsomewhat differently from the others, as shown in Fig. 6, and the slotsin the case, N4, through which these blocks, E4, pass are elongated topermit of this vertical movement of the block. During the forward andbackward movements of the casing, the rods, G4, remain in their raisedposition, while the plate, M3, slides thereover. The blocks, E, upon theright hand side take against the elongated abutting piece, K4, bestshown in F ig. 4L. Tt will be readily apparent that the movement of theregistercarrying frame by its action in returning all the keys to theirnormal unoperated position arranges the locking mechanism (whether thesingle Candidate or the multicandidate locking mechanism be considered)in position to permit of another operation of the keys and the machineby another voter.

lt is sometimes desirable to provide means for locking out all but acertain set of registers for the use of persons of a limited franchise.F or instance in the State of lllinois, the women have the privilege ofvoting for the trustees of the State Universit-y, and T have shown myinvention as arranged to lock out all the other registers when themachine is to be operated by a woman. This is effected by means of thesmall vertical rod, L4, which is journaled in the top and bottom of thecasing, which has small arms, M4, corresponding to all the oces exceptthe trustees, and which normally lie parallel to the partition, E, asshown in Figs. 5 and G, but which can be turned to an angle of O byreason of the crank, N4, at the top of said rod. and in this adjustedposition, the arms, M4, will take over the arms, V, of that particularcolumn of registers, and thus prevent the operation of any registers inthe machine, except those used for the university trustees.

As previously stated, it is desirable to provide means for insuring` theoperation of the register devoted to any member of a group of candidateswhen said person is voted for as president of the board to which thegroup is devoted. This may be accomplished in a variety of ways, but lconveniently accomplish it, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 8, by attixingto the outer end of the keys devoted to the presidents of the board, adownwardly projecting plate, O4, which laps over the key for the trusteeimmediately beneath it, which trustee is supposed to be the same as theone for the presidents of the board, so that when the key is operatedfor the president, it is necessary to operate the corresponding registerfor the person as a member of the board. By this construction, however,it will be seen that it is impossible to vote for any candidate as amember of the board, and not vote for him as president.

ln addition to the regular balloting mechanism heretofore described, Iemploy irregular balloting mechanism by which a vote may be cast for anycandidate for any oflice who is not regularly nominated by any party sothat his name appears on the ballot. The keys, B, of the vertical row tothe right are substantially the same as the other keys, with theexception that they do not operate any register, but the actuation ofany key in this row serves to set a ballot receptacle so that a card,upon which the name of the person for whom an irregular ballot is to becast is written, may be inserted in such receptacle, or placed so thatit will be fed into the receptacle by the subsequent operation of themachine. Tn the front wall, A, to the right of the keys and a littlebelow them are placed the longitudinal apertures, P4, which open into apassage way of the same size between the plates, A and E, convenientlyformed by the horizontal plates, Q4, and placed therein for this purposeand fastened to the plates, A and E. The passage way is prolonged by anaperture, R4, through the plate, E, and terminates in the additionalpassage way formed by the plates, S4, placed between the parallel walls,T4 and U4, which extend rearwardly from the plate, E, and parallel tothe side wall, Q3. Journaled in these walls, T4 and U4, are a series offeed rollers, which are best shown in Figs. 8, 18, 14, and 15. The upperone of these feed rollers is illustrated in detail in Figs. 13, 14, and15, and consists of a hollow roller V4 havinO` a fia-t surface W4 whichis normally on the under side of the roller. This roller is mounted on arod, X4, which may be splined to the roller, but which I preferably makesquare in cross section, so that the turning of the rod will rotate theroller. A coiled spring, Y4, is connected to the rod, X4, and to theinterior of the roller, V4, so as to normally hold the rod, X4, in theposition shownin full lines in Fig. 13. The roller, V4, has fastenedthereto the bearings, Z4, inthe walls, T4 and U4. The rod,

X4, termina-tes in a head, A5, which is preferably shaped like a shortfrustum of a cone, and when the key, B, is pushed in, the end of thesleeve, K, takes against said head, A5, and slides the rod, X4, to theright against the resistance of the spring, Y4, and into the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 13. The bearing, Z4, in the wall, U4, andthrough that the roller, V4, has rigidly connected thereto the gearwheel, B5, which rotates with the roller, V4. The right hand end of therod, X4, has rigidly fastened thereto a gear pinion, C5, which is ofmuch less diameter than the gear wheel, B5. The roller, V4, has pivotedtherein, on a rod, D5,

the lugs, F15, which normally hang downward, as shown in Figs. le and15, so as to partially close the passage way formed by the flat surface,i/Vl, of the roller, V5, and the flat surface, F5, of the lower roller,G5. This lower roller, G5, is a solid roller and is journaled in thewalls, T4 and Ut, in the customary manner, and has at its right handend, outside of the wall, Ut, the gear wheel, H5, which meshes with thegear whe-el, B5. From the construction thus far explained, it will beseen t-hat if the small gear pinion, C5, is rotated, it will cause therollers, V5 and G5, which are preferably faced with rubber or have aroughened surface, to rotate so as to carry between them and feed intothe machine any card which may have been pushed into the passage way andbetween the rollers. The card is designed to be of a lengthcorresponding to the entire length of the passage way, and `of such athickness as to prevent the insertion of more than one card at a time.The lugs, E5, are designed to prevent a card being thrust into themachine without its being carried in by the rollers, as such anoperation will permit of a fraud upon the machine. To actuate the gearpinion, C5, I provide an l -shaped rack, J 5, best shown in Figs. S and25, which is fastened to the inside of the wall, Q5, as shown in Figs. 6and T. rIhe pinion, C5, does not normally rest in the path of the rack,J 5, but when its key, B, has been pushed in, the pinion, C5, is carriedinto the path of thel rack, J5. It will be seen that as the re-settingmechanism is operated the rack, J5, will b-e carried up and forward,thus rotating the rollers, V4 and G5, so as to carry through them theballot which has been placed between them. In order to prevent thedisengagement of the pinion, C5, and the rack, J during the backwardmovement of the re-setting mechanism after the key, B, has been returnedpartially to position so that its end will not hold the rod, Xt, to theright, I employ a flange, K5, corresponding in shape to the rack, J5,and so arranged as to take over the inner edge of the pinion, C5, andhold it in its right hand position until it returns to its initialposition where the flange, K5, does not overlap the tooth of the rack,J5, and where the rod, Kt, is permitted under the stress of the spring,Yt, to return to its normal position. To receive the ballots which havebeen fed through this mechanism, I provide the casing. L5. which has aseries of slanting partitions, thus forming a series of pockets, N5, onefor each irregular balloting mechanism. These pockets, N5, have doors,O5, at their rear, which are hinged to the casing, and which are securedin their closed position by means of locks, F5, the keys of which willhe in the hands of the election commissinners. `When an election isclosed and the registers are read through suitable apertures in the backplate of the casing, these doors, O5, will be opened, and the irregularballo-ts therein counted for the candidates whose names they bear.

It will be seen that in an invention of this character, the constructionmay be lvaried widely, and that I do not desire to be limited to theexact construction shown and described, but only to such constructionsas are necessitated by the terms of the following claims.

I claiml. In a voting machine, the combination of candidate keys groupedaccording to oliices and according to parties, with means for moving totheir operative position all the keys devoted to any party at oneoperation, and connections whereby any key. moved to its operativeposition by the voter subsequently to the straight party operation willreturn the previously moved key for the same oflice and cancel itseffect.

2. In a voting machine, the combination of a series of candidate keysdevoted to a single office, counters for said keys, said keys beingfreely movable into and out of operative position without operating thecounters, connections between the keys whereby the operated key will beplaced in inoperative position by the subsequent operation of anotherkey in the same oflice line by the same voter, and means forsimultaneously operating the counters whose keys are in voted position.

3. In a voting machine, the combination of candidate keys groupedaccording to oftices and according to parties, with means for moving totheir operative position all the keys devoted to any party at oneoperation, except such keys as are in o-flice groups in which the voterhas previously moved another key, and connections whereby any key movedto its operative position by the voter subsequently to the straightparty operation will return the previously moved key for the same oiiiceand cancel its eifect,

4f. In a voting machine, the combination of two series of ballotindicating devices with connections whereby one of the devices of one ofsaid series must be moved for operation before any of the devices of thesecond series may be operated.

5. Ina voting machine, the combination of a series of ballot indicatingdevices, with other series of ballo-t indicating devices and connectionsbetween each device of said first series with one of the devices of saidother series, whereby when one of said first series is moved foroperation, it will necessitate its connected device being moved foroperation.

6. In a voting machine, the combination of a series of ballot indicatingdevices for candidates for an office to which a plurality of candidatesare to be chosen, grouped ac- Cording to parties, with Connections foractuating said devices singly and permitting the actuation of but one otsaid devices at a time, and means for actuating the devices tor all otthe candidates 'of any ot the parties simultaneously.

7. In a voting machine, the combination ot a series of keys arranged ingroups, with means for preventing the simultaneous operation ot any ofsaid keys, and additional mechanism tor operating all of the keys ot oneot said groups simultaneously.

S. In a voting machine, the combination ot a series or" keys, with amulticandidate device actuated one step tor each key operated, whethersaid keys are actuated scm'- atz'm or simultaneously.

9. In a voting machine, the combination of plural series of ballotindicating devices, grouped according to ol'lices and parties, withmeans tor compelling the operation ot said devices serif/,tina itcandidates are selected individually, but permitting them to be operatedsimultaneously as to parties.

10. In a voting machine, the combination of candidate keys groupedaccording to ottices and according to parties, with means tor moving totheir operative position all the keys devoted to any party at oneoperation, except such keys as are in otticegroups in which the voterhas moved another key, and connections whereby the moving ot any key toits operative position by the voter subsequently to the straightpartyoperation Will necessitate the return ot' the previously moved key torthe same office and cancel its effect.

11. In a voting machine, the combination, with a series of candidateregisters, of plural series ot ballot indicating keys, grouped accordingto parties and according to otlices, one key for each register, freelymovable into and out ot operative relation with their correspondingregisters, interlocking devices between the keys of each otlice group toprevent the operation of more than a predetermined number ot keys ineach such group, straight ticket mechanism tor simultaneously moving allthe keys in any party group to operative position, and means it'oroperating all the registers whose keys are set tor operationsubsequently to the setting of said keys.

1Q. In a voting machine, the combination, with a series ot candidateregisters, ot plural series ot ballot indicating keys, grouped accordingto parties and according to offices, one key for each register, freelymovable into and out ot cooperative relation with their correspondingregisters, interlocking devices between the keys ot each oiiice group toprevent the operation of more than a predetermined number ot keys ineach such group, a straight ticket indicating key Jfor each party grouptor moving all the keys in its groul'a to operative position, and meansfor operating all ot the registers whose keys are set tor operationsubsequently to the setting et the keys.

13. In a voting machine, registering mechanisms, independent lockingmechanisms, and an edgewise movable trame independently mounted in whichsaid registering mechanisms are supported which actuates the registersand arranges the locking mechanisms to permit ot another operation.

let. In a voting machine, registering mechanisms, independent lockingmechanisms, and a movable trame independently mounted in which saidregistering mechanisms are supported, the movement ot the trame lirstoperating the registers and then arranging the locking mechanisms topermit of another operation.

l5. In a voting machine, registering mechanisms, independent lockingmechanisms, and a movable trame independently mounted and carrying theregisters, the movement of the trame tirst operating the registers andvthen arranging the locking mechanisms to permit of another operation.

16. In a voting machine, the combination with plural series ofregistering mechanisms adapted tor arrangement in party and oilicegroups, of selecting mechanism tor indicating the candidates chosen,interlocking mechanism for preventing the operation of more registersthan the number of oiiices to be filled, anda movable trame 'forsupporting said registers, the movement of which irst operates theregisters, and then arranges the interlocking mechanisms to pei'- mit ofanother operation.

17. In a vot-ing machine, the combination with plural series ofregistering mechanisms adapted for arrangement in party and officegroups, of selecting mechanism tor indicating the candidates selected,said selecting mechanisms being freely movable into and out of anydesired arrangement prior to the actuation of the registeringmechanisms, interlocking mechanism for preventing the operation ot moreregisters than the number of otlices to be filled, and a movable trame,the movement ot which lirst operates the registers and then arranges theinterlocking mechanism. to permit of another operation.

18. In a voting machine, the combination with plural series ofregistering mechanisms adapted for arrangement in party and oiiicegroups, ot selecting mechanism tor indicating the candidates selected,interlocking mechanismr tor preventing the operation of more registersthan the number ot oliices to be filled, and a movable trame carryingthe j registers, the movement ot which tirst operates the registers andthen arranges 'the interlocking mechanism to permit ot anotheroperation.

19. In a voting machine, the combination I with the face plate, of aseries of keys mounted therein to be moved freely from operative toinoperative position and vice versa, a portion of each of said keyswithin the machine being` swung about its axis from inoperative tooperative position as the key i is moved to set it, interlockingmechanism connected with said keys to prevent the simultaneous operationot more than a predetermined number, a movable frame carrying acorresponding series of registers, and means for moving the frame toactuate the registers by reason of their contacting with the rotatedportions of the operated keys.

20. In a voting machine, the combination with the face plate, of aseries of keys mounted therein arranged in transverse party and otticerows, a portion of each of said keys within the machine being swungabout its axis from inoperative to operative position as the key ismoved to set it, interlocking mechanism connected with said keys toprevent the simultaneous operation of more than a predetermined numberin each oiiice group, straight-ticket mechanism adapted as it isoperated to engage the portions of all of said keys within the casingand swing them into operative position, a movable frame carrying acorresponding series of registers, and means for moving the frame toactuate the registers by reason of their contacting with the rotatedportions of the operated keys.

2l. In a voting machine, the combination with the face plate, of aseries ot' keys mounted therein, arranged in transverse part-y andoitice rows, and adapted vto be moved freely from operative toinoperative position and vice versa, a portion ot each of said keyswithin the machine being swung about its axis from inoperative tooperative position as the key is moved to set it, interlocking mechanismconnected with said keys to prevent the simultaneous operation of morethan a predetermined number in each office group, a straight-ticketmechanism for each party row adapted as it is operated to engage theportions of said keys ot that row within the casing and swing them intooperative position, a movable frame carrying a corresponding series otregisters, and means for moving the frame to actuate the registers byreason of their contacting with the rotated portions of the operatedkeys.

22. In a voting machine, the combination with the face plate, of aseries of keys mounted therein, each having a portion outside ot thetace plate to be manually operated and a portion within the tace plateadapted to be turned about its axis when the key is moved from operativeto inoperative position, interlocking mechanism between said keysadapted to prevent the simultaneous operation of more than apredetermined number, and a movable frame carry- :ill

' ing a corresponding series of registers adapted to be engaged andoperated as the frame is moved by the inner portions of such keys as areturned.

23. In a voting machine, the combination with the tace plate, of aseries of keys iounted therein arranged in transverse party and oliicerows, and each key having a portion outside of the tace plate to bemanually operated and a portion within the face plate adapted to beturned about its axis when the key is moved from operative toinoperative position, interlocking mechanism between said keys adaptedto prevent the simultaneous operation ot' more than a predeterminednumber in each otiice group, a straight-ticket mechanism for each partyrow adapted as it is operated to engage the portions of said keys ofthat row within the casing and swing' them into operative position, anda movable frame carrying a corresponding series ot registers adapted tobe engaged and operated as the trame is moved by the inner portions ofsuoli keys as are turned.

24. In a voting machine, the combination with the face plate, ot' aseries of keys mounted therein, each key having a portion outside ot theface plate adapted to be reciprocated longitudinally and a portionwithin the tace plate adapted to be turned about its axis when the keyis moved trom operative to inoperative position, interlocking mechanismbetween said keys adapted to prevent the simultaneous operation of morethan a predetermined number, and a movable frame carrying acorresponding series ot' registers adapted to be engaged and operated bythe inner portions ot' such keys as are turned as the trame is moved.

25. In a voting machine, the combination with the movable trame carryinga plurality ot registers, ot a face plate carrying a correspondingplurality of keys whose inner` ends are turned about their axes as theyare set to bring them into cooperative relation with their respectiveregisters to operate the same as the frame is moved, interlockingmechanism to prevent the simultaneous operation ot more than apredetern'iined number ot said keys, and means for re-setting theoperated keys after the registers are operated.

26. In a voting machine, the combination with a movable trame carrying aplurality of registers, of a tace plate carrying a correspondingplurality t keys arranged in transverse party and othce rev-:s and whoseinner ends are turned about their axes as they are set to bring theminto coperative relation with'their resi` ective registers to operatethe same as 'the trame .is moved, interlocking' mechanism to prevent thesimultaneous operation ot more than a predetermined number of keys ineach otlice group, p

